Contributor: He DJ’d radio for 79 years. The late Art Laboe’s fans are still tuning in
The first time Angel “Angel Baby” Rodriguez heard Art Laboe on the radio, he was 13, in his father’s garage in the City of Industry.…
Contributor: Trump is doing everything he can to raise your energy bills
Last year on the campaign trail, President Trump repeatedly promised to “slash energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months.” But actions speak louder…
Contributor: Allies are betraying the U.S. by recognizing a Palestinian state
Four of America’s nominally closest allies — Britain, Australia, France and Canada — disgraced themselves this week by recognizing a so-called Palestinian state. In so…
Contributor: Looming shutdown shows the same mistakes again, and nobody wins
Like that one friend who repeatedly promises to quit drinking after just one last round, the American government is staggering toward another shutdown. It’s starting…
Contributor: California Democrats aren’t just resisting; they’re governing
Gov. Gavin Newsom answering the Republican redistricting power-grab in Texas with a plan of his own is a powerful example of how Golden State Democrats…
Contributor: Jimmy Kimmel and the threat that comedy poses to autocrats
The abrupt suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show on ABC might seem like the least of our worries amid the shuttering of government agencies,…
Contributor: The right now embraces cancel culture
In the days since Charlie Kirk’s killing, conservatives have embraced a phenomenon they previously called toxic: cancel culture.The impulse to cancel some voices this past…
Contributor: How the conviction of Brazil’s former president echoes in the U.S.
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday found former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of conspiracies related to his failed 2022 reelection bid. The court found that Bolsonaro…
Contributor: This summer, the U.S. started two more ‘forever wars’
With this administration, it’s another day, another unwinnable fight. All with a real war coming over the horizon.President Trump campaigned on ending the “forever wars,”…
Donna Farizan leaving ‘Today’ after 12 years with the show
Donna Farizan, a “Today” contributor, announced her departure from the NBC morning show during Monday’s “Today With Jenna and Friends.” “A year ago, I launched…
Contributor: Russia wants what it cannot have
Vladimir Putin is on a roll the past few weeks. First President Trump invited him to Anchorage. Then he got a three-way hug with China’s…
Contributor: America wants Trump to fight crime
Donald Trump’s recent floated proposal to deploy the National Guard to crime-overrun blue cities like Chicago and Baltimore has been met with howls of outrage…
Contributor: MAGA has won the war on science
This is the story of two Republican doctor-senators named Bill.One of them, as majority leader from 2003 to 2007, helped a self-described “compassionate conservative” Republican…
Contributor: How the English Premier League is globalizing Americans
The most-followed professional sports league on Earth is increasingly an American one, but it’s not the NFL, NBA or Major League Baseball. Despite their impressive…
Contributor: Democrats will pay for ignoring base’s qualms about Gaza
As the Democratic Party searches for direction in the post-2024 landscape, its leaders seem bent on alienating their own base over Gaza. This is not…
Contributor: Immigration enforcement needs oversight. ICE can’t just ban lawmakers
As the Trump administration continues to ramp up immigration enforcement actions, a group of lawmakers is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for placing restrictions on…
Contributor: Trump’s Russia and Ukraine summits show he can push for peace
By hosting an unprecedented short-notice summit with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and key European leaders on Monday, President Trump significantly raised the prospects for ending…
Contributor: Label the Muslim Brotherhood’s branches as terrorist organizations
On Tuesday, New York City radio host Sid Rosenberg asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio about whether the State Department intends to designate the Muslim…
Contributor: AI will be more disruptive than COVID. Which party can seize the moment?
Democrats, bless their hearts, keep trying to figure out the magic formula to stop President Trump. But here’s a cold splash of reality: If Trump’s…
Contributor: The heat-safety law isn’t enough. Farmworkers are still dying every summer
By midmorning in the Central Valley, the light turns hard and white, bleaching the sky and flattening every shadow. The rows of melons stretch to…